Business
Royer Captures the Choral
Jack Vad, producer/engineer for the San Francisco Symphony, used seven Royer Labs SF-2 mono ribbon microphones during the recording of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony for...
Studio Showcase
Business
New Colors at Kaleidescope Sound
Union City, NJ-based Kaleidescope Sound is a two-room facility that has been helping musicians make records since 2002.
Recording
Big Blue Meenie Takes On The World
JERSEY CITY, NJ—With the economy crashing around your ears and studios across the country retrenching, what is a facility owner to do? In the...
Business
GC Pro Outfits Monterrey Tech
Mexico's Monterrey Institute of Technology sourced key equipment for audio production programs at the school's headquarters and new Mexico City campus from GC Pro.
Business
Weinberg Masters with Antelope
Mastering engineer Howie Weinberg's new facility in Los Angeles features Antelope Audio's Isochrone 10M|Trinity combination, Zodiac+ and Eclipse 384 digital audio converters.
Gear and Technology
Sardina Clocks with Antelope
Antelope Audio's clocks are at the center of the technical infrastructure at Rafa Sardina's studio, After Hours.
Recording
77 Recording Adds API 1608
77 Recording in Indiana has installed one of the largest API 1608 consoles manufactured to date, with 48 input channels and 32 channels of...
Gear and Technology
Gough Goes Mobile with Merging
Freelance sound supervisor Julian Gough assembled a compact remote recording package of Merging Technologies and Smart AV equipment just in time for a BBC...
Recording
Castle Rock Scores SSL First
Castle Rock Studios is the first commercial studio in northwest England to feature a Solid State Logic AWS 924 Hybrid Console/Controller.
Business
Pyramid Sound Studios Fights City Hall
By Kelleigh Welch. The future of Ithaca, NY-based Pyramid Sound Studios is uncertain after the city condemned the building in June—a decision owner Alex...
Business
Pyramind Goes to 11.2
Pyramind's Studio A, reportedly San Francisco's largest surround mix room and dubbing stage, was recently renovated and upgraded to an 11.2 Meyer Sound Cinema...
Business
GC Pro Outfits Hay Bale Studio
Several of the acts at Bonnaroo this year recorded backstage in a purpose-built recording studio, outfitted with the help of GC Pro.
Business
Berklee Doubles Up With WSDG
In January, the Berklee College of Music opened an entirely new campus in Valencia, Spain, just a month after breaking ground on a 16-story,...
Business
From Urban to Beyond:Patchwerk Recording
Patchwerk Recording Studios began in 1995, conceived by Atlanta Falcons’ offensive tackle Bob Whitfield. Whitfield’s first professional gig was financing a demo for his...
Business
Raymond Adds Genelec Monitors
Engineer and producer Beau Raymond, who relocated his studio from L.A. to Portland, OR in 2011, has since added Genelec active monitors.
Business
GC Pro Brings The Noise
GC Pro aided musician/producer Alex Campos when established Noisematch Studios in Miami's Wynwood Arts District.
Business
Arnold Treats Studio with Auralex
Taz Arnold has installed several Studiofoam Pyramids and Wedges from Auralex Acoustics on the walls of his new space in Los Angeles.
Business
Comin’ In from The Cold
Joe Mabbott, owner of Minneapolis, Minnesotabased The Hideaway Studio, which opened back in 2004, says that during the mid- 1990s, Minneapolis had more recording...
Business
Village Studios Opens In China
Walters-Storyk Design Group recently designed Village Studios; located one hour by train from Hong Kong, the facility is said to be China’s first destination-style...
Business
Always Look on the Bright Side
Bright Street Recorders occupies a spot just off Magnolia Boulevard in North Hollywood, California, in a charming area of the San Fernando Valley—a location...
Business
A Gem In SoHo
Two years ago, in the middle of one of the worst economic environments in recent history, Louis Benedetti began searching for the ideal location...
Recording
NRG Recording Studios: A Long-Established Developing Artist – A PAR Facility Review
Why does one great studio survive when other great studios do not?
Business
Small Footprint, Giant Sound
Thanks to the television series, The Sing Off, a cappella music has enjoyed a new audience of fans all over the country.
Recording
MontAnna Reprises with CTD
Monty Powell and Anna Wilson's new MontAnna Mix Room in Nashville was designed by Carl Tatz Design LLC, just like their previous studio.
Business
SSL has the Midas Touch
Midas Studios, one of the largest studio complexes in Brazil, recently added to its Studio 3 mastering/pre-production room with an SSL AWS 948.
Business
GC Pro Adds Horsepower to Slang
Westlake Village, CA (December 8, 2011)—Vince Lawrence's Slang Musicgroup in Chicago recently turned to GC Pro when upgrading the company's production studio.
Business
Jungle City: Back in the New York Groove
During this century and the one preceding, New York City has been a firsthand witness to the ebb and flow of the international music...
Business
Fantasy is Forty
Bay Area landmark, Fantasy Studios, originally built as the in-house studio for artists on Fantasy Records, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Business
SPARS Honors Joe Tarsia
Philadelphia recording studio impresario Joe Tarsia received the SPARS Legacy Award during the recent AES Convention.
Business
PAR Facility Review: Manifold Recording, North Carolina: Inside the Miraverse
A PAR Facility Review
Business
Burning Rubber
This summer, the iconic brand, Converse, decided to open a top-flight recording studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Rubber Tracks.
Business
ACM Rocks with KRK
The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, UK has chosen KRK Rokit Series studio monitor speakers for six of the sound studios at its...
Business
GC Pro Outfits Converse Studio
Brooklyn-based recording studio and live performance venue, Converse Rubber Tracks, outfitted by Guitar Center Professional, has opened.
Business
Ardent Debuts Revived Studio C
Ardent Studios has completely remodelled the control room of Studio C and installed a Duality console from Solid State Logic.
Business
Manifold Joins the Studio Fold
In a lovely rural locale outside Pittsboro, North Carolina—15 miles south of Chapel Hill—is arguably our industry’s most ambitious new music production facility, Manifold...
Business
Turn the Page
Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios is among the truly historic, legacy studios that have played a foundational role in helping build what the Music City...
Business
Plati Picks 5088 Console
Mark Plati, known for his association with David Bowie, has installed a Rupert Neve Designs 5088 console at his private studio, Alice's Restaurant.
Business
AES Sets NYC Tech Tours
Technical Tour Chair Lou Manno and Joel Spector of the AES NY Section have developed a series of tours, which dramatically illustrate the scope...
Business
Saving Grace
The phrases, “Strength in numbers” and “Diversify,” may be clichés in the recording-services business, but “maxim” and “axiom” surely apply to these words as...